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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 30, 2015Crawford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2015, 9:00 PM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2015, 9:00 PM EDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2015, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

County Crawford County, PA

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 30, 7:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 7:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 4:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
430 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

OHZ003-006-007-312030-
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-
430 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

 FLOOD WATCH.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS APPROACHING
SEVERE LIMITS IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE HEAVY
RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS OR MINOR
FLOODING. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH
TONIGHT. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

 FLOOD WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

OHZ008>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-312030-
SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-
HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-
HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
CRAWFORD PA-
430 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO
THIS EVENING. THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED PONDING
OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS OR MINOR FLOODING. STORM MOTION WILL BE
TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TODAY COULD HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS APPROACHING
SEVERE LIMITS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LEZ142>149-162>169-312030-
MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH-
THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH-
AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH-WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH-
GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
430 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON LAKE ERIE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 7:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 8:34 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
834 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0629 PM     HAIL             BEDFORD                 41.39N 81.54W
05/30/2015  M0.50 INCH       CUYAHOGA           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

0705 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BROOKLYN                41.43N 81.75W
05/30/2015                   CUYAHOGA           OH   PUBLIC

            LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS FULTON ROAD

0734 PM     TSTM WND GST     WILLARD                 41.05N 82.72W
05/30/2015  E60.00 MPH       HURON              OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

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WILLARD

Special weather statement, May 30, 9:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
900 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

PAZ002-003-310145-
CRAWFORD-SOUTHERN ERIE-
900 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN ERIE AND CRAWFORD
COUNTIES...

AT 859 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS...OR
7 MILES NORTH OF MEADVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEADVILLE...EDINBORO...UNION CITY...CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS...WATERFORD...
WATTSBURG...COCHRANTON...SAEGERTOWN...CONNEAUTVILLE...SPRINGBORO...
MILL VILLAGE...BLOOMING VALLEY...TOWNVILLE...SPARTANSBURG...
VENANGO...ELGIN...CENTERVILLE...WOODCOCK AND CONNEAUT LAKESHORE.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 4149 8000 4148 8034 4182 8037 4203 7977
      4200 7975 4200 7967 4192 7961 4175 7962
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 242DEG 37KT 4175 8009

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 8:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	3 hr
May 30, 11:12 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	14 hr
May 31, 5:19 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lorain	26 hr
May 31, 7:51 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lake	30 hr
May 31, 5:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Crawford	6 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.